Mara V
@mara-kv.bsky.social
Wife, mother, grandmother, writer, reader, gardener. Love the earth, want to protect our planet for future generations. Love the promise of America, volunteering with Third Act to save our Democracy.
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🌹 random rose 🌹
June 25th 2024
June 25th 2024
January 12, 2026 at 6:40 AM
🌹 random rose 🌹
June 25th 2024
June 25th 2024
I should be shocked, but instead I am horrified.
It’s becoming increasingly hard to tell the difference between ICE operating in Minnesota and the FSB operating in Russia. It all makes much more sense when you think about it. Here is the FSB in Russia:
January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I should be shocked, but instead I am horrified.
I saw another post that said vulnerability is not weakness, it shows strength. However, it is difficult for me to show that in my personal life and in my writing.
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 27698:
Don't be afraid to make yourself vulnerable in your writing. Being vulnerable means being fully present: otherwise your writing will come over as distant; superior; insincere.
Don't be afraid to make yourself vulnerable in your writing. Being vulnerable means being fully present: otherwise your writing will come over as distant; superior; insincere.
January 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I saw another post that said vulnerability is not weakness, it shows strength. However, it is difficult for me to show that in my personal life and in my writing.
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Week 1. We invaded Venezuela. We killed the ACA subsidies. We destroyed the Kennedy Center. We murdered a woman in cold blood over deportations. We threatened Greenland, now we are offering them $100,000 per person to allow us to take over their country.
First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?
First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?
January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Week 1. We invaded Venezuela. We killed the ACA subsidies. We destroyed the Kennedy Center. We murdered a woman in cold blood over deportations. We threatened Greenland, now we are offering them $100,000 per person to allow us to take over their country.
First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?
First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?
January 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Lovely. Something to improve my mood. Hope you also enjoy.
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Lovely. Something to improve my mood. Hope you also enjoy.
This is how a leader speaks to his people and the world. A leader uplifts and looks forward. How I wish our nation had a real leader at the helm.
#leadership #courage #slavaUkraine #zelensky
#leadership #courage #slavaUkraine #zelensky
December 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This is how a leader speaks to his people and the world. A leader uplifts and looks forward. How I wish our nation had a real leader at the helm.
#leadership #courage #slavaUkraine #zelensky
#leadership #courage #slavaUkraine #zelensky
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Happy New Year, Everybody! 🥳🎉🍾
a greeting card that says wishing you a very happy new year 2026
ALT: a greeting card that says wishing you a very happy new year 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy New Year, Everybody! 🥳🎉🍾
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Our word for 2026 is
RESPAIR
A 14th century English word that means rediscovering hope after a period of dark despair.
Are you ready to respair this year - and build a better tomorrow for all?
RESPAIR
A 14th century English word that means rediscovering hope after a period of dark despair.
Are you ready to respair this year - and build a better tomorrow for all?
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Our word for 2026 is
RESPAIR
A 14th century English word that means rediscovering hope after a period of dark despair.
Are you ready to respair this year - and build a better tomorrow for all?
RESPAIR
A 14th century English word that means rediscovering hope after a period of dark despair.
Are you ready to respair this year - and build a better tomorrow for all?
Musicians, Actors, writers, all willing to accept personal loss of income to hold true to their values. Maybe it is art that will save our nation.
#KennedyCenter #Artists #Integrity #Courage
#KennedyCenter #Artists #Integrity #Courage
This is my favorite sentence in a long while. From Doug Varone, whose dance company lost $40,000 by canceling two Kennedy Center gigs planned for next April:
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating.”
#courage
“It is financially devastating but morally exhilarating.”
#courage
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Musicians, Actors, writers, all willing to accept personal loss of income to hold true to their values. Maybe it is art that will save our nation.
#KennedyCenter #Artists #Integrity #Courage
#KennedyCenter #Artists #Integrity #Courage
How wonderful to see the word Integrity. Bravo Kristy Lee.
Kristy Lee, a folk singer from Alabama, announced she was pulling out from a free (Kennedy Center concert) on Jan. 14. “I won’t lie to you, canceling shows hurts,” she said in a social media post. But losing my integrity would cost me more than any paycheck.”
#WomenInMusic
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#WomenInMusic
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December 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
How wonderful to see the word Integrity. Bravo Kristy Lee.
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'Remarkable' how "America First" now means "Dear Leader First", even when his interests directly contradict nation's security & democratic integrity😡
Ultimate irony: maga have become "snowflakes" they always mocked, melting into puddles of rage at slightest criticism of their fragile emperor
Ultimate irony: maga have become "snowflakes" they always mocked, melting into puddles of rage at slightest criticism of their fragile emperor
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
'Remarkable' how "America First" now means "Dear Leader First", even when his interests directly contradict nation's security & democratic integrity😡
Ultimate irony: maga have become "snowflakes" they always mocked, melting into puddles of rage at slightest criticism of their fragile emperor
Ultimate irony: maga have become "snowflakes" they always mocked, melting into puddles of rage at slightest criticism of their fragile emperor
Political courage. So wonderful to see it can still exist. Maybe the example will catch on.
#courage #democracy #Indiana
#courage #democracy #Indiana
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Political courage. So wonderful to see it can still exist. Maybe the example will catch on.
#courage #democracy #Indiana
#courage #democracy #Indiana
Moldova is rushing toward energy liberation to escape Putin's grasp - and showing up Trump's love affair with fossil fuels as soooo 20th century.
And it's not alone in using innovative action to make the wannabe-dictator's empty words about Europe dying look sad and silly.
bsky.app/profile/redh...
And it's not alone in using innovative action to make the wannabe-dictator's empty words about Europe dying look sad and silly.
bsky.app/profile/redh...
Trump says Europe is useless, weak and dying.
But the Old World is quietly doing a much better job of building a liveable tomorrow than the USA.
Just ask Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal.
But the Old World is quietly doing a much better job of building a liveable tomorrow than the USA.
Just ask Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Republican administration following in the footsteps of Stalin and Hitler, neighbor reporting on neighbor!
#tyranny #fascism #gulag
#tyranny #fascism #gulag
Gonna have to arrest about 180 million antifa regulars.
Justice Department drafting a list of 'domestic terrorists'
A Justice Department memo calls for a ‘cash reward system’ that would encourage Americans to report suspected domestic terrorist activity.
www.latimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Some of my favorite themes happen on Friday. This image made in #springtime works for #ForestFriday. It's a beautiful little spring out in the woods of a state park in Florida. #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #reflections #longexposure #springs
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Some of my favorite themes happen on Friday. This image made in #springtime works for #ForestFriday. It's a beautiful little spring out in the woods of a state park in Florida. #photography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #reflections #longexposure #springs
So sad. Interesting that we did not see our DJT hugging this family as he did Kirk's.
Yesterday, Spc Sarah Becstrom was laid to rest in West Virginia at a VA National Cemetery.
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Surprisingly none of the major major news media mention it. No flags were lower to half staff.
Well the Convicted FElon keeps the news focus on him.
www.wvva.com/2025/12/10/s...
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom laid to rest with full military honors at W.Va. National Cemetery
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was laid to rest with full military honors Tuesday in Grafton.
www.wvva.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So sad. Interesting that we did not see our DJT hugging this family as he did Kirk's.
So very proud of my home state for standing strong against the bullying from Washington. Maybe it was not such a good idea to send rioters on Jan 6 to kill a popular former governor.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push | CNN Politics
The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressu...
www.cnn.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
So very proud of my home state for standing strong against the bullying from Washington. Maybe it was not such a good idea to send rioters on Jan 6 to kill a popular former governor.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...
So the alternate theme for today's #BirdoftheDay is #TurningAway. And that's just what this tern was doing, terning away. 😎 I love the challenge of photographing terns in flight. They are so fast. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #terns #birdsinflight #HighKey
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
This is important. Agree with the writer that Fossil Fuel Co.'s campaigns to distort the truth are reminiscent of the work of Tobacco Companies. The media helped expose those lies. Is any media today brave enough to take on Oil Giants?
#FossilFuels #climatechange #education
#FossilFuels #climatechange #education
Excellent new @commsdeclare.bsky.social work out today - read the whole thing here: commsdeclare.org/wp-content/u...
The Shell-funded education program urging students to 'design their own CCS' inspired me to re-share an original artwork of mine from a few years ago:
The Shell-funded education program urging students to 'design their own CCS' inspired me to re-share an original artwork of mine from a few years ago:
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is important. Agree with the writer that Fossil Fuel Co.'s campaigns to distort the truth are reminiscent of the work of Tobacco Companies. The media helped expose those lies. Is any media today brave enough to take on Oil Giants?
#FossilFuels #climatechange #education
#FossilFuels #climatechange #education
This response is what makes America GREAT! and what makes me proud to be an American.
Yo resisters!
All you need is empathy, a voice, and a spine to be an #altCitizen. Whistles may also be helpful.
Never doubt your power. Love your neighbor. Welcome the stranger. Feed the hungry. Shelter the poor. Speak up for the vulnerable.
Be the world you want.
Blow your whistle.
#resist
All you need is empathy, a voice, and a spine to be an #altCitizen. Whistles may also be helpful.
Never doubt your power. Love your neighbor. Welcome the stranger. Feed the hungry. Shelter the poor. Speak up for the vulnerable.
Be the world you want.
Blow your whistle.
#resist
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This response is what makes America GREAT! and what makes me proud to be an American.
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The persecution of huge numbers of brown people and even the mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy. It’s coupled with an attack on reproductive rights that is sometimes openly intended to make white women have more babies....
Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The persecution of huge numbers of brown people and even the mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy. It’s coupled with an attack on reproductive rights that is sometimes openly intended to make white women have more babies....
Climate disasters hurt communities and families across the globe. We need clean energy - NOW.
apnews.com/article/sout...
#environment #climate
apnews.com/article/sout...
#environment #climate
Deadly Asian floods are no fluke. They’re a climate warning, scientists say
Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
apnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Climate disasters hurt communities and families across the globe. We need clean energy - NOW.
apnews.com/article/sout...
#environment #climate
apnews.com/article/sout...
#environment #climate